Kuester visits winner's circle in MHR Mod action! Bishop best in Supers!
By Janis Weigel

June 9, 2000; Unity, WI. - Friday night racing action at MHR was sponsored by Hardees.

After just missing a win in WISSOTA Super Stock action last week Rich Bishop (#10) prevailed this evening.

Rich Bishop lost the lead to last weeks feature winner, Randy Spacek after four laps were completed in the WISSOTA Super Stock feature Friday night at MHR.  Mark Stender, Terry Gorstand Lonnie Leu followed directly behind.  Gorst was unable to hold off pressure from Leu, Paul Lieders and Lance Leu, as he dropped back behind after eight laps of completion.

A caution in the eighth lap was called when Jim Willner drifted high into the back wall, ending his night of racing. Up front, Spacek was unable to put any distance between himself and Bishop. Using the inside groove, Bishop regained the lead from Spacek as they rounded corner one in the thirteenth lap.  A caution in the fifteenth lap, tightened up the pack.  Paul Lieders and Lance Leu used the restart to their advantage, moving past Lonnie.  A fast five laps to the finish was held, as Bishop grabbed his first feature win of the season at MHR, Spacek second, Stender third,
Lieders fourth and Lance fifth.

Current WISSOTA Street Stock point leader Kevin Adams (#40) is looking to repeat as track champion in the division.   Tonight he recorded another feature win, which will help him meet that challenge.

Kevin Adams held the lead in the WISSOTA Street Stock feature, followed by Brent Mindock, Rod Herman and Kirk Bogdanovic.  Great racing action was held as only one caution came out throughout the fifteen laps.  Bogdanovic edged past Herman in lap three, but Herman fought back hard, making a low dive under Bogdanovic three laps later in corner one, regaining third.

A tire from Jason Kellner #77 car bounced down the backstretch after ten laps were completed, bringing out the single caution of the race.  Moving into fifth in the seventh lap, Chris Oertel left the track under the caution with smoke coming from underneath the hood of his car.  Adams held the lead for his fourth feature win of the season, Mindock second, Herman third, Bogdanovic fourth
and Chris Linder in fifth.

Steve Kuester (#31) was all smiles as he pulled of a feature win in WISSOTA Modified action.  Kuester drove a flawless race to score his first victory of the season.

Steve Kuester set the pace in the WISSOTA Modified feature, followed by Jeff Spacek, Scott Duval, Butch Oertel and Dan Konrardy.  Kuester and Spacek put on an exciting show as they raced nearly side by side for six straight laps.  Spacek got turned around in a spin in the seventh lap,
bringing out a caution and was waved to the back.  Steve Isenberg and Tim Hintz, both with a fifth
row start had moved into fourth and fifth.  A caution in the eleventh lap was held when Jerry Weigel
tagged the right rear corner of Konrardy's car, putting Weigel to the back after running in eighth.

With four laps remaining, Isenberg moved past Oertel for third.  Luke Schilling weaved his way
through traffic, after a seventh row start, moving past Hintz with two laps remaining.   Kuester fought
off the advances of Duval to take his first feature win of the season at MHR, Duval second, Isenberg
third, Oertel fourth, Schilling fifth and a strong comeback by Spacek, finishing in sixth.

Rob Genett (#16) recorded his first career A-Modified feature victory last week and had the honor of carrying the American Flag during opening ceremonies tonight.

In the ten lap A-Mod Feature, Craig Lieders and Rob Genett had the whole track to themselves after Jeff Wilczek left track with two laps completed. Scott Anderson was unable to start after hitting the wall hard earlier in his heat race.  A close race was held until Genett nearly lost control
in corner four, giving Lieders time to gain a half lap advantage for the win.

Results

Super Stock:
Feature:  Rich Bishop, Randy Spacek, Mark Stender, Paul Lieders, Lance Leu, Lonnie Leu, Mike Bauer, Duane Dunbar, Butch Kummer, Wayne Harris, Scott Geiger, Terry Kroening, Tad Schoonover, Scott Johnson, Bill Schwantes, Terry Gorst, Jere Stanton, Paul Erikson, Jim Willner, Ron Sischo, J.T. Bell, Jerome Kowalski
Heat 1: Bishop, Lonnie Leu, Stender, Lance Leu, Harris, Kowalski
Heat 2: Lieders, Dunbar, Gorst, Bauer, Stanton, Schwantes, Erikson, Sischo
Heat 3: Spacek, Willner, Schoonover, Kummer, Geiger, Kroening, Johnson

Street Stock:
Feature:  Kevin Adams, Brent Mindock, Rod Herman, Kirk Bogdanovic, Chris Lindner, Larry Dassow, Chad Schneider, Scott Krause, Steve Surprenant, Chris Oertel, Jason Kellner,Dave Teatz
Heat 1: Adams, Dassow, Mindock, Schneider, Heser
Heat 2: Oertel, Herman, Surprenant, Bogdanovic, Lindner

Modified:
Feature: Steve Kuester, Scott Duval, Steve Isenberg, Butch Oertel, Luke Schilling, Jeff Spacek,
Tim Hintz, Lance Burt, Daniel Konrardy, Marty Schwantes, Roger Andres, Tim Isenberg, Jerry Weigel, Ray Karl, Larry Mendrzycki, Kevin Rogers, Butch Steckbauer, Mark Baxter, David Baxter, Cal Maule, Jed Moore, Mendrzycki
Heat 1: Weigel, Kuester, T Isenberg, D Baxter, Schilling, Olson, M Baxter
Heat 2: Hintz, Duval, Oertel, Konrardy, Burt, Rogers, Karl, K Mendrzycki
Heat 3: S Isenberg, Spacek, Moore, Andres, Schwantes, L Mendrzycki, Steckbauer, Maule

A-Mod:
Feature: Craig Lieders, Rob Genett, Jeff Wilczek
Heat: Genett, Lieders, Anderson, Wilczek